Troubleshooting Air Conditioners

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QATAR AIRWAYS

Qatar Airways recently held a workshop in Alkhobar for the corporate travel trade to discuss product updates, showcase upcoming new routes and highlight popular summer tourist destinations. Nabeel Hussain, corporate sales manager for the Eastern Province, hosted the event. The airline recently unveiled a massive capacity expansion in Saudi Arabia and is gearing up to launch a fourth gateway in the country, representing a dramatic 71 percent rise in frequency to the country. Madinah becomes the Doha-based airline’s newest destination in the Kingdom with four flights per week, beginning July 14. As of June 1, services to Jeddah and Riyadh rose to twice-daily. Dammam also saw weekly flights rise to four-times-a-day. Qatar Airways currently operates a modern fleet of 98 aircraft from its Doha hub to 100 key business and leisure cities worldwide. For customers living in Saudi Arabia, Qatar Airways has a dedicated reservations telephone number — 92 000 1159.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, announced the launching of the Samsung Galaxy S II (Model GT-I9100) in Saudi Arabia. Galaxy S II is supported by 1.2GHz dual-core processor that coalesces the ultimate viewing experience with incredible performance. Targeting the tech-savvy generation that continues to grow, Samsung GS II proves capable of meeting all expectations. This smartphone utilizes the latest version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the fastest growing mobile operating system. The Samsung Galaxy S II has been equipped with Samsung’s newest crystal-clear Super Amoled Plus screen. Raising the bar of quality viewing on mobile phones, Super Amoled Plus introduces the best in quality concerning color gamut, contrast ratio and edge sharpness. Incorporating RealStripe screen technology and a greatly increased sub-pixel count, Super Amoled Plus makes images look clearer and more detailed than ever before. The Samsung Galaxy S II has also been equipped with an 8.0MP, high-profile rear camera, that takes numerous shots such as panorama shot, action shot and cartoon shot, a front 2.0MP camera and a camcorder with 1080p full HD recording and playback. Ayman Mannaa, marketing manager at Samsung Electronics KSA, says: “Samsung has selected the Galaxy S II smart-phone as its premium mobile product with which to launch Samsung Hubs — integrated mobile applications designed to meet the most popular needs. With Samsung Hubs, the Samsung Galaxy S II conveys the Readers Hub, providing a library that contains over 2.2 million books, newspapers and magazines on-the-go. The Social Hub, the future of communications, allows the user to access all types of messages (push e-mail, text, VM and SNS), and communicate all through one place — the contact list, without having to resort to individual applications.

Some Central Air Conditioner Troubleshooting Tips

Some Central Air Conditioner Troubleshooting Tips

Central AC is one of those things that you miss the most only have you don’t have it. This is especially true on the first few hot and humid summer days when you first try to turn on your air conditioner and nothing happens! A typical central air conditioner will only last between 12 to 15 years, so if your central AC is about this old you may want to start budgeting for a new one. A single visit from a heating and cooling repairman may cost 0 or more, so it’s worth trying a few of these simple and free steps!

Before you try any of these steps, be safe and only attempt what you feel comfortable with. Most of these tips are electrical in nature because a central air conditioner system draws a lot of power and as the units get older they sometimes have to draw more power to work a little harder. Many times this extra power drain simply pops fuses or fires off reset switches which need to be found and switched back on.

1. Check your thermostat. Some electronic thermostats don’t immediately turn on the unit and some have a range of temperatures they use to gauge whether or not the air conditioner or heat should turn on. You may want to check your thermostat manual to make sure you are operating it the way you should. Sometimes simply turning the thermostat on and off will help.

2. Make sure your thermostat is working well. So you know you’re operating the thermostat correctly, but do you know your if your thermostat is working well? Again, electronic thermostats often run on battery power and those batteries have to be changed. Be sure to only use the type of batteries the thermostate manufacturer suggests (usually alkaline). An electronic thermostat is just an automatic switch that basically turns your AC unit on and off at certain temperatures. If the batteries are low the switch may not be turning on or reading the air temperature properly.

3. Check your fuses. A central air conditioner will probably have several different fuses and safety switches. First try turning the thermostat on and off (as in step 1). Then try resetting the fuse at your home’s electrical panel. In some air conditioner systems there is another blower fuse and switch. There may be yet another fuse outside on the wall next to the air conditioner unit or in the unit itself. Some furnaces have reset buttons in them as well.

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